(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata Inc., a leading global product life cycle management (PLM) strategic consulting and research firm, has published a new e-book focused on the application of service life cycle management (SLM) in the industrial machinery industry, and how Siemens Digital Industries Software’s SLM solutions enable companies in that industry to move to a servitization business model.

This e-book describes how a robust SLM solution can enable companies in the industrial machinery industry to aggregate, contextualize, simulate, and analyze operational data captured from managed assets into actionable insight that can drive service planning, improve design for serviceability, and optimize heavy equipment in-service use and operations.

Built on Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, Siemens’ SLM solution is a comprehensive, integrated suite of software and services augmented by strategic relationships with third-party service application providers. The core of the SLM solution is Teamcenter SLM, which provides a comprehensive enterprise digital-thread backbone that manages a complete digital thread of service-related information and enables a comprehensive performance digital twin.

A key strength of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio is its ability to support complex, multidomain products and systems. Within the portfolio are applications and solutions that address all aspects of an asset or product, including mechanical, electrical/electronic, software, and technical documentation. These domains are integrated so that data created in one domain can instantly be made available to the others. All the data are linked and managed by Teamcenter. This core capability is critical to enabling the efficient and cost-effective service of today’s complex, connected physical assets.

Ken Amann, CIMdata executive consultant, says, “Siemens pragmatic approach to delivering open SLM solutions provides the breadth and depth that enterprises need to create comprehensive, actionable digital twins of industrial machinery and manage the complete service life cycle across a heterogenous set of extended enterprise solutions. This enables companies to transform to servitization business models, turning service into a competitive, customer loyalty-building advantage.”

To learn more about how Teamcenter SLM and Siemens’ open SLM strategy can enable companies to deliver more effective service to their customers and create a service-driven competitive advantage, download and read the complete e-book here.